The msondo (or msondro) is a type of drum played in the
Swahili
Swahili may refer to:
* Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes
* Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa
* Swahili culture
Swahili culture is the culture of ...
-speaking world, including Zanzibar and Comoros.
It is featured in the region's genre of
taarab or
twarab music.
Construction
The Zanzibari version is described as "a slightly tapered, open-ended drum approximately 3 feet tall"
The Comorian version is described as made of a terra-cotta pitcher topped with goatskin.
References
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Tanzanian musical instruments
Comorian musical instruments
Hand drums